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Major in Pre-Dietetics/Dietetics (BA/BS)

96 credits

The Department of Nutrition and Health Science offers a baccalaureate degree in dietetics that is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. To pursue this program, students must have sufficient mathematical preparation to meet the prerequisite for required chemistry courses (two years of high school algebra or successful completion of MATH 108). Students pursuing a baccalaureate degree in dietetics must begin their academic career as a pre-dietetics major. Students will apply into the dietetics major in the spring semester of the second year, or as required courses are completed. Please refer to the Dietetics Program Director for full program requirements and program admission criteria.

Pre-dietetics core, 34 credits

ANAT 201Fundamentals of Human Anatomy

3
CHEM 111General Chemistry 1

4
CHEM 112General Chemistry 2

4
CHEM 230Org Chem Life Sciences

3
CHEM 241Organic Laboratory 1

1
CHEM 360Essentials of Biochemistry

3
CHEM 361Introductory Biochemistry Lab

1
HOSP 110Prin Food Prep and Food Serv

3
NUTR 101Introduction to Dietetics

1
NUTR 340Prin of Human Nutrition

3
PHYS 215Human Physiology

5
PSYS 100Intro to Psychological Science

3
Total Credit Hours:34

Dietetics courses, 62 credits

BIO 113Microbiology for Health Sci

5
HOSP 147Foodservice Sanitation

1
HOSP 220Meal Design and Presentation

3
NUR 101Termin Hlth Care Prof and Cons

2
NUTR 345Macronutrients

3
NUTR 346Micronutrients and Phytochem

3
NUTR 350Technology of Food Science

3
NUTR 360Nutr Cardiometabolic Disease

3
NUTR 363Admin of Food and Nutr Systems

3
NUTR 365Prof Leadership Nutr Dietetics

3
NUTR 375Nutr Assessment Counsel Educ

3
NUTR 425Nutrition Counseling Practicum

3
NUTR 435Intro Research Nutr Dietetics

3
NUTR 446Medical Nutrition Therapy 1

3
NUTR 447Medical Nutrition Therapy 2

3
NUTR 455Lifecycle Nutrition

3
NUTR 456Community Nutrition

3
NUTR 480Global Nutrition

3
PHIL 202Ethics

3
PSYS 241Statistics

3
NUTR Elective 3

3
Total Credit Hours:62

Total Credit Hours: 96